Matt Winterholler didn't take the traditional path into finance. He completed ten internships before landing his first offer, broke into banking from a non target school, and eventually left Mizuho to join a fast growing tech company willing to trade banking hours for a four-day work week.

In this episode, Matt walks Max through what corporate development actually looks like day to day, how he made the leap from Mizuho TMT to PDQ and eventually to Governor Solutions in GovTech, and why he believes his career is more luck than skill. He also breaks down the cold email mistakes that got him corrected by an MD, and what actually separates people who level up fast from those who plateau.

0:00 Intro

5:55 Inside Corporate Development

16:06 His Career Trajectory

21:19 His Take on AI

23:41 Why He Skipped the Safe Route

28:04 Landing the Governor Opportunity

30:59 What Is GovTech

33:05 Moving to the Operating Side

35:23 Trading Banking Perks for a 4 Day Week

37:21 Inside the Actual Deals

40:29 What He Wishes He'd Known

42:08 Breaking In From a Non Target School

50:56 Balancing 10 Internships

53:06 What Actually Worked Breaking In

56:41 Giving Back and Mentoring

58:19 Cold Emails and Confidence

1:01:59 What Separates Fast Growers From the Rest

1:03:21 Recap and Rapid Fire

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